Tom Green County prosecutors seek death penalty against San Angelo man

SAN ANGELO, Texas - Brian Jones Berry faces the death penalty and remains in the Tom Green County Jail in lieu of $1.5 million bail.

Allison Palmer, 51st District Attorney, filed her intent to seek capital punishment Tuesday for Berry, who is accused of killing two people in Wall.

In October, a Tom Green County grand jury indicted Berry and his mother in connection to the July 28 shooting deaths of his estranged wife and her brother in Wall.

Berry is accused of shooting and killing Keri Berry, 36, and her brother, Brandon Block, 31, and wounding his sister-in-law, Susan Block, 26, at Keri Berry’s house in Wall. Court records show Keri Berry had filed a petition for divorce in June.

He was arrested late July 28.

Anita Berry, 69, was indicted on charges of hindering apprehension or prosecution of a known felon and is being held in lieu of a $10,000 bail, according to an indictment filed with the 391st District Court on Sept. 4.

Hindering apprehension or prosecution of a known felon is a third-degree felony, punishable by two to 10 years imprisonment and fines up to $10,000.

Capital murder is a capital felony, punishable by death or life imprisonment.

Filing the notice keeps the death penalty open as a punishment option, Palmer said in an email. The only other option for an offender over 18 life imprisonment without the possibility of parole.

Palmer said the last death penalty pursued out of San Angelo was in 1999 against Luis Ramirez.